California 12th District PTA

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President's Message

Sue Wells - President
president@12thdistrictpta.org

We are definitely back in full swing after the holiday! I look forward to seeing all of our unit and council officers at our Annual Meeting and Founders Day celebration on February 23^rd.

Congratulations to Rio De Valle, our newest PTA.

Now that you are looking at your budgets and planning your spring programs such as Reading Nights, Science Fairs, Career Nights and more, remember the business end of PTA. Units and councils should be working on their first six month audit and mid-year budget revisions. Remember your council is there for help if you need it. Let us know how we can help.

Sue

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Upcoming award due dates:

March 1st: Common Sense Media Award

                        Please visit "Community Concerns" page.

March 30th: School Wellness Recognition Award
                    Please visit "Health" page.

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From California State PTA...

Two mid-year membership challenges for 2012!

"JUMP into January!"

and

"Teachers matter...now more than ever!"

Click here for information regarding prizes and recognitions:

Mid-year_2012_Membership_Challenge

**Note: Applications are due March 5, 2012

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"PTA Teachers - Making a Difference"

Nominations can be made throughout the year here.
(Find the nomination form in Spanish here.)

Every nominated teacher will receive a letter of appreciation and a certificate. One teacher's name will be drawn monthly to win a gift basket of software/hardware, valued at $100 to $200 and donated by Digital River Education Services and its featured partner. In addition, the PTA unit of the teacher whose name is drawn will receive a free convention registration!

Poinsettia Newsletter

Michelle Tingley ~ Vice President
vpcommunications@12thdistrictpta.org

We hope you enjoy your Poinsettia news!

You may also download archived publications of the Poinsettia Newsletter.

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“What the HECC!?”

Welcome to 12th District PTA’s first Health, Education and Community Concerns newsletter!
Our catchy title began as a short way to address the “HECC” team. In this day of acronyms and abbreviations, typing “Health, Education and Community Concerns” each time was way too lengthy. Of course, when speaking to people and telling them you are VP of HECC, it just came out funny and people would ask, “What is HECC?”

As we brainstormed for different phrases for the newsletter, “What the HECC!?” just stuck!

Our team hopes you find this newsletter informative and useful.

-- Michelle Dearman, VP of Health, Education, & Community Concerns

"What the HECC!?"_Newsletter_December.pdf